The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-30
BRIGHT BITS.
SHE KNEW HIM.


She sat beside me at the play
In all her girlsh loveness,
While in the box across the way
dowager in gorgeous dress
Sat while the diamonds glittered bright,
On wrinkled neck and shoulders bare;
"Ah, were those gems my own, cried,
I'D find for them q place more fair.
Sweetheart, whispered, need tell
Where would have those gems repose%
She faltered not (she knew me welD,
Why, with your uncle, | suppose"
Chicago Tribune.
THIS world would be very great world if it
were not so wasteful of its money.--LouisuiHe
Courier-Jomndi
''PA," said little Harold to his paternal parent
after that individual had been reading an ar
does death always follow the howl of dog?"
mo, darling replied Backstruttle. some
times it is the bootjack. Judy.
DOCTOR" he inquired. what kind of man
is your neighbor, SMITH
Il don't think much of him, " replied the doc
tor, obviously, ''or his family either. "
do they annoy yOu!''
annoy me? No. But I've been located in
this town for three years and none of them have
been sick yet. ''-New York san.
"DoN'T you think autumn with its bountiful
display of fruits and crops is the finest season
of the year, Farmer Robinson?" queried the city
guest. why the trees are loaded and the
ground fairly covered with golden fruit"
Yes, Miss, there are more peSky little cider
apples than know what to do with IT'S a hard
outlook for q Prohibitionist like myself. y
Hartford Post.
A LITTLE EAST BOsToN GIRL whose mother had
entertained her the other day with the enumera-
ton of table delicacies, particularly mentioning
quail on toast of the most desirable of
dishes, was surprised by the little one a day or
two after, when. the child in response to the
query as to what she would like for dinner,
promptly replied "Oh, mamma, want some
hal
THE Amenities of Politics-Grey-I Just met
Stewart; he is in excellent health and spirits.
Brown (desirous of election to the Council)-
Glad to heart it. Stewart is an able fellow and
an old friend of mine.
Grey-He told me he was to run for Council
this fall and had good chance for the nomina-
Brown-why, the fellow is a fool and should
be an inmate of an idiotic asylum.-BoSton
Budget
In a FNnch village Sunday what is
Godg' home
81 give it up, m sieu lcure.''
''Such ignorance is objectionable. Do you
know at least on what day our Lord died?''
Didn't even know he'd been sick"
''Welf you see, i cant afford to take newspa-
pers, and never hearnothing of what's going
on!'-Puis ChdriUari.
THERE is oftenGmes'l a silver lining to the
blacklist Clouds and some good is always pres
ent in the most unexpected places Who can
describe the joy whichssfills one being when,
after hearing nothing for weeks but port and
starboard, skimniblg dishes and racing ma
chimes, outponting and outfooting, and all that
sort of iargon, oneis suddenly asked by mildly
hammered man: '"What is all this talk about the
Thistle and Volunteers Is it some new move on
the stock market, or only another of those po-
litical s!f'-rBoston Transcript.
CHoLLY-Did you hear about that bank smash
up yesterday, Gawge? Cashier ran away with
the funds.
Gawge-Commhn occurrence; don't pay any
attention to suchlreports any more.
II tell you, il aiman has got any surplus cash
nowadays, it stands him in hand to put it where
he knows it viii stay BY the way, can you let
me have a ten this morning?'
Really, dear boy, you offer me such excellent
n dvice about putting money where | know it
~, i'll stay. that am almost sorry have no sur
= lus funds. "Binghdmton Republican.